Historian and radical democrat - interested in the history of euthanasia/assisted suicide and the history of race in the USA. Views my own, of course.
Jan 20, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
This is just death pornography - threatening those who don't support #assistedsuicide with a 'torture chamber' Like all pornography, it is dark fantasy and not very realistic. 1/ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Toynbee is correct to point to the often-unnecessary deaths of older people and the crying need for palliative care but the answer is better healthcare and more palliative care provision, not, like in Canada (euthanasia legal since 2016), offering death to patients. 2/
